OLA — Two Rivers head football coach Josh Harrison isn’t sure what college recruits are looking for when they scout high school players, but he knows several of his Gators are talented enough to play at the next level.

Two Rivers (6-3, 4-2 3A-5 Conference) qualified for the Class 3A state playoffs in Week 8 with a 35-24 win over the Bismarck Lions and continued to assert its dominance on Friday with a 39-6 win over the Benton Harmony Grove Cardinals.

“We’ve made so many changes since Week 1,” Harrison said. “We’re not the same football team. We’re two or three times better than we were in Week 1. It’s fun to watch. It’s fun in practice.”

Against the Cardinals, senior quarterback Tyler Green hit Gary Morrison twice for touchdowns and Caleb Lisenby twice for touchdowns. Harrison said Green was nearly perfect in the first half. Green has thrown 25 touchdowns in five games.

“We’ve taught Green how to read defenses presnap since the seventh grade,” Harrison said. “He knows the difference between a man and a zone coverage. If you’re in zone, Tyler is going to pick you apart. If you’re in man, we’re going to double up and find the open man. He finds the open receiver and we have some speed on the outside.”

Harrison said Green’s football IQ is far above average, with most of his incomplete passes and interceptions coming from tipped and dropped balls.

“If you’re sitting in the stands watching, you think that I tell Green when and where to throw the ball, but that’s really him reading the defense,” Harrison said. “He’s an advanced quarterback. He makes mistakes sometimes, but before I can say anything, he’s telling me what he did wrong. We’ll run the play again, and there he goes.”

But a quarterback can’t truly shine unless he has someone to throw it to. Harrison described senior wide receiver Gary Morrison as a “vacuum.”

“He catches every ball thrown to him,” Harrison said. “It’s unreal.”

Harrison also credited the defense for the team’s recent success. Although undersized physically, the coach said they’re as big as anybody mentally.

“Caleb Lisenby is the best tackler we’ve ever had on our football field,” Harrison said.

“Dylan Piles and Jessie Young, those kids don’t weigh 165 but they’re in the backfield on every play. They don’t know they are small. Our defensive ends are 170 pound kids and we play them as down linemen or walkout end. They’ll take on any blocks.”

The Gators will finish their regular season on the road when they travel to Glen Rose to take on the Beaver on Friday. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.